LMTS - Lead Software Engineer - Network Security Platform

Airkit

Airkit

Software Engineering
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted on Feb 11, 2026

Description

We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good– you’ve come to the right place.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design, architect, develop, implement, and operate cutting-edge Network Security solutions to provide protection across multiple substrates.

  • Partner with other engineering teams and executives to develop short and long-term security, product, and service strategies.

  • Collaborate with other teams to solve security problems with minimal disruption to other business functions.

  • Continuously improve software, deployments, and technology.

  • Interact with industry experts, partners, internal staff, and auditors.

  • Work effectively as part of a geographically distributed team.

  • Occasional travel is required (domestic and international).

REQUIREMENTS

Industry experience: 8+ years in Infrastructure or Security Architecture, including:

  • Proficiency in network architecture and design, network security, and network monitoring.

  • 5+ years of hands-on development experience with one or more of Python, Go, C++, C, and Java.

  • Test Driven Development mindset and strong ownership over-owned code (test, monitor, deploy, maintain).

  • 3+ years experience in networking, security, and/or distributed systems.

  • M.Sc/M.Eng in Computer Science/Engineering or B.A/B.Sc. in the same disciplines with equivalent years of experience.

  • Experience with log analysis and monitoring systems such as Splunk, ELK, Grafana, etc.

  • Hands-on experience designing and maintaining leading-edge network security solutions for large-scale networks.

  • Hands-on experience designing and maintaining public cloud environments, networking, and security controls.

  • Networking (Security) expertise in any of the following aspects:

  • Network security platforms, including segmentation, ACLs, DDoS protection. Examples include:

  • Software: iptables, ipsec, VPN, IDS, firewall management platforms, ACL compilers and tooling (Capirca).

  • Hardware: switch ACLs, stateful firewalls, network segmentation, security zones.

  • VM and containers network stacks.

  • OSI model and debugging network traffic.

  • Networking protocols (TCP/UDP, BGP, DNS, DHCP).

  • Datacenter network architecture at software platform and hardware devices (NAT, VXLAN, overlay/underlay).

  • Network security architectures and implementations in public clouds (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

  • Familiarity with denial of service attacks, mitigation strategies, and industry best practices is a plus.

  • Familiarity with OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities, CWE, and related countermeasures is a plus.

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

DESIRED SKILLS

  • 5+ years of experience in Network Security and/or Networking Architecture.

  • Experience designing and deploying network security software and/or networking software within the public cloud and private data center environment.

  • Well-versed in internet fundamentals, TCP stack, DNS and routing, communication protocols such as HTTP or TLS.

  • Prior understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

  • Experience with multi-tiered mission-critical systems.

  • Solid hands-on technical background, particularly in managing highly complex distributed applications in hybrid cloud.